What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 29
( 29 ) doctors o f t h e 1\l u s l i m Law. An ordinary Muslim must not question the right of Imam ·Abu. Hanifa or Imam Ahmad or Imam Shafi'i or Imam Malik or other Imams to guide him in matters about which the Quran and the Hadith happen to be silent. The principle that all Muslims have the right to interpret the Quran and. the Hadith, has its limitations. Those who have devoted themselves more than others to the con- templation of the Quran and the Hadith, evidently have a super:ior right of con- si~era:tiOii" for their opinions. When a trained physician and a common· man differ. on the nature of s:Ymptoms, certainly· the physiCian's opinion has more. rig})t to consideration th~n ·the opinion of the· common. man. When a legal question is in issue, ·a lawyer has a better right to judge than a non-lawyer. There is no _reason, therefore, why we should not hold in s u p e r i o r ·deference the